Ashamed of [T]? (fy: /T/ -> /t_d/?)

 --- Mark J. Reed skrzypszy:

> I only added that as an aside in my post, whose primary purpose
> was to ask why some Germans are "ashamed" to say [T]. Feeling
> ashamed about producing a phone just strikes me as odd.  I still
> don't understand it.
In Dutch, [T] can only be heard in the speech of people with a speech
defect. And I think that's the answer to your question. Even though
the effect is not the same when Dutch people speak English, many of
them are hesitant to use it even there. It's like the fear to get
undressed before entering a sauna, even if you know that all the
others are undressed, too. ;)

Likewise, certain sounds only exist in certain dialects (which are
often looked down upon by the speakers of the "standard" language),
and they are likely to produce the same effect.

Jan

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